"Huh...'Limbaugh Theorem'..."
"Huma! Come take a look at this!"
Posted on 08/13/2016 6:46:12 AM PDT by John Semmens
Emerging evidence that the State Department under Hillary Clinton sold favors in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation has raised serious ethics issues regarding her oversight of the agency. Department Spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeau acknowledged that the transactions appear to have violated a pledge signed by Clinton when she assumed the Secretary position in 2009.
"The problem is that the only evidence of inappropriate interactions we have implicates her subordinates who did not sign any pledges," Trudeau said. "Secretary Clinton's pledge was to not be personally involved in dealings between the Clinton Foundation and clients of the State Department. Technically, this did not preclude other State Department officials from being involved. I know it seems like a 'loophole,' but there you have it."
Despite a raft of suspicious interactions between funds flowing into the Clinton Foundation coinciding with favors granted by the Clinton State Department, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch rejected an FBI request to investigate saying that "now would not be an appropriate time to take up such a potentially volatile and controversial case. We are in the final months of a campaign to select the next president. The mere announcement of an investigation would cast an unfavorable light on one of the candidates and could bias the outcome."
Lynch suggested that "the matter could be more objectively assessed after the election. For all we know, the next president might decide that the matter is not worth expending scarce resources and manpower on. Beginning an investigation now only to see it canceled latter would waste taxpayers' money. So rather than starting down a dead-end road I think it more fiscally prudent to defer effort until the need for it is decided by our next president."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,220440.msg1014492/topicseen.html#msg1014492
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A newer and more shocking revelation everyday
Makes it clear that the Clintons use their time in public service to enrich themselves and their cronies.
Taxpayers and America ‘s safety and security register zero in their buck-raking activities.
Curious how in these latter days events turn from satire to front page in a day, or less. Comedians now days have to move fast.
It’s called hubris.
“The problem is that the only evidence of inappropriate interactions we have implicates her subordinates who did not sign any pledges,” Trudeau said. “Secretary Clinton’s pledge was to not be personally involved in dealings between the Clinton Foundation and clients of the State Department. Technically, this did not preclude other State Department officials from being involved. I know it seems like a ‘loophole,’ but there you have it.”
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Then they are saying that Clinton was not controlling her staff and subordinates during her postion of SOS as actions were being taken without her knowledge or authorical decision that effected her requirements and actions? She wasn’t capable of running the department so now she is trying to ruin, uh, run the country? Seems to me this disqualifies her from the president position because she has displayed an ineptness at running smaller government agencies.
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Priceless!
Another fine/scary column, John.
"Semi" satire is more than just "semi" informative.
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Depends on what the definition of ‘involved’ is.
The Clintons and their henchmen can always come up with a slick phrase that can shade the legalities they want to subvert.
I think the key “escape clause” is “PERSONALLY involved.” As long as she doesn’t actually touch the money extracted Hillary sees herself as not personally involved. Instructing her henchmen is, in her mind, only tangentially or incidentally involved.
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